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Vol. 15 · No. 132 · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Pentagon confident U.S. will be ready for 2027 war with China by 2035

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US forces did stuff in Afghanistan or something

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WASHINGTON — US forces reportedly did stuff in Afghanistan or something in an attack on whomever in some place in whatever province, sources confirmed today.

Gen. He's Lying To You praised the operation, telling reporters that this was the most effective use of munition that hasn't been effective since the Gulf War.

"We were absolutely surgical with this strike, you can guarantee that," he said of the bombing, which killed two members of a militant group with a scary-sounding name as well as 47 civilians.

Central Command Spokesman Who Gives A Crap confirmed things definitely happened and you probably don't care.

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